You can't just shoot at infinity or any other fixed focus setting and expect to get good results. Subjects that are in the range of DOF will be somewhat sharp, but not critically. You're probably getting some motion blur at that speed as well.
For shooting sports, go to a smaller stop, perhaps 5.6, and a higher shutter speed, 1/500th or more, and focus on the target. With the *istDS, you'll probably have to focus manually to nail it. Paul On Jun 6, 2011, at 8:40 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > > I remain frustrated at my inability to get well-focused shots. Saturday I was > out exploring neighborhoods around the community in which I work and had my > camera along. I came across an adult pickup soccer game on one of the school > playing fields. I stopped and sat in the shade with a group guys who were > taking a break from the game. Then I went out of the field and shot about a > 100 images. > > I was looking forward to seeing the result. It was sunny mid-morning. The > camera's a *ist DS. The lens was an M 135/3.5. ISO was 200. Aperture was > mostly around f11. About half the images were shot at 1/250, half at 1/180. I > kept focus set at infinity. > > I thought surely, at that speed, with that focus, at the distance at which I > was shooting I'd get a few sharp well-composed images. A handful -- less than > five -- are so-so, but not really sharp. The rest are all fuzzy. > > Why can't I get a sharp image? > > Thanks, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
